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. 2023 Jul 18;102(10):102940. doi: 10.1016/j.psj.2023.102940

Table 9.

Concentration of plasma enzymes and minerals in Lohmann LSL-Lite pullets upon challenge with to E. coli lipopolysaccharide when fed flaxseed (FFF) and yeast bioactives (YB) from hatch.1

Enzymes2, U/L
Minerals, mmol/L
Amylase AST CK GGT GLDH LDH Lipase Calcium Phosphorous Sodium Potassium Chloride
LPS
 - 374.8b 209.9b 2,790.7 19.36a 3.18b 459.7 9.02a 2.29 1.47 151.2a 5.93a 111.3a
 + 445.2a 325.2a 2,706.3 17.67b 5.87a 716.5 6.92b 2.27 1.52 148.5b 5.54b 109.2b
 SEM 10.47 15.69 179.39 0.277 0.666 128.29 0.392 0.028 0.020 0.264 0.041 0.199
Diet
 Control 404.8 349.9a 1,833.6b 18.67 5.58a 560.5 9.09a 2.29 1.55 149.0 5.95a 109.9
 1% FFF 412.7 228.1b 2,868.1a 18.08 7.00a 665.7 8.58ab 2.23 1.51 150.2 6.11a 110.7
 3% FFF 452.8 235.2b 2,895.8a 19.16 4.34a 452.8 9.69a 2.21 1.49 149.8 5.72b 110.4
 5% FFF 405.1 289.5ab 3,273.5a 19.06 4.72a 1,026.2 7.97abc 2.26 1.46 149.9 5.73b 110.4
 0.025% YB 395.8 258.7b 2,748.8a 17.85 2.83b 456.0 7.71abc 2.26 1.45 149.5 5.58bc 109.9
 0.05% YB 405.6 249.5b 2,864.8a 17.97 2.21b 455.1 6.56bc 2.33 1.50 151.0 5.58bc 110.8
 0.10% YB 393.2 261.6b 2,755.1a 18.81 5.00a 500.7 6.22c 2.38 1.48 149.8 5.50c 109.6
 SEM 19.59 29.34 335.60 0.519 1.246 240.0 0.734 0.052 0.037 0.495 0.076 0.372
Time, h
 6 424.5a 300.8a 4,346.8a 18.60 4.48 822.8a 6.71b 2.29 1.43b 149.4b 5.79a 110.2
 12 395.5b 234.3b 1,150.2b 18.43 4.57 353.4b 9.24a 2.26 1.55a 150.4a 5.69b 110.3
 SEM 10.47 15.69 179.39 0.277 0.666 128.29 0.392 0.028 0.020 0.264 0.041 0.199
P-values
 LPS <0.0001 <0.0001 0.740 <0.0001 0.005 0.159 0.0002 0.562 0.084 <0.0001 <0.0001 <0.0001
 Diet 0.392 0.072 0.121 0.368 0.130 0.604 0.007 0.225 0.554 0.152 <0.0001 0.207
 Time 0.051 0.003 <0.0001 0.663 0.924 0.010 <0.0001 0.418 <0.0001 0.007 0.096 0.657
 LPS*Diet 0.703 0.789 0.010 0.867 0.255 0.391 0.176 0.599 0.881 0.181 <0.0001 0.031
 LPS*Time <0.0001 0.543 0.186 0.090 0.058 0.185 0.367 0.791 0.413 <0.0001 0.205 <0.0001
 Diet*Time 0.424 0.452 0.238 0.646 0.424 0.537 0.264 0.235 0.004 0.581 0.181 0.481
 LPS*Diet*Time 0.648 0.490 0.030 0.877 0.250 0.421 0.691 0.692 0.212 0.160 0.268 0.070
1

Co-extruded full-fat flaxseed and pulse mixture (FFF, 1:1 wt/wt), as a source of a-linolenic acid; Enzymatically bio-processed yeast cell walls from Saccharomyces cerevisiae, as a source of yeast bioactives.

2

AST: aspartate aminotransferase; CK: creatine kinase; LDH: lactate dehydrogenase; GGT: gamma-glutamyl transferase; GLDH: glutamate dehydrogenase; LDH: lactate dehydrogenase.

a,b

Within a column, LSmeans without a common superscript differ P < 0.05.